A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia,
CHILD 44 chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo
Demidov [Tom Hardy], who loses status, power and home when he refuses
to denounce his own wife, Raisa [Noomi Rapace], as a traitor. Exiled
from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with
General Mikhail Nesterov [Gary Oldman] to track down a serial killer
who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide
cover-up enforced by Leo’s psychopathic rival Vasili [Joel Kinnaman],
who insists “There is no crime in Paradise.”